Great Western Railway unveiled the first of a fleet of state-of-the-art new trains which will be put into service on south-west and Wales routes. The Class 800 train, specially designed and built by Hitachi for the government’s £5.7 billion InterCity Express Programme (IEP) will generate over 700 direct jobs and support thousands in the supply chain.
The trains, which are currently undergoing testing, will start to be introduced into passenger service from next summer on the Great Western Main Line. The 57 trains are expected to operate on services between London and Reading, Oxford, Swindon, Bath, Bristol and South Wales as well as north and south Cotswold lines.
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